List of freshwater ecoregions of Latin America and the Caribbean information
This is a list of freshwater ecoregions in Latin America and the Caribbean, as identified by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).
The WWF divides the Earth's land surface into ecoregions, defined as "large area[s] of land or water containing a distinct assemblage of natural communities and species". Ecoregions are grouped into complexes and bioregions, defined as, "a complex of ecoregions that share a similar biogeographic history, and thus often have strong affinities at higher taxonomic levels (e.g. genera, families)." The Earth's land surface is divided into eight biogeographic realms. Latin America corresponds, roughly, to the Neotropical realm, although northern Mexico lies within the Nearctic.
Each ecoregion is also classified into major habitat types, or biomes.
Many consider this classification to be quite decisive, and some propose these as stable borders for bioregional democracy initiatives.
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Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South AmericaandtheCaribbean Sea, and to the west and south by the Pacific Ocean. The region includes the Bahamas, Bermuda...
across the river's outlet, carrying turbid, fresh water to the northwest towards theCaribbean Sea. The Amazonia is one of two ecoregions (the other being...
Nicaragua was among the many countries in LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean to ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against...
countries in the Americas, including the United States, Canada, andthe Commonwealth Caribbean. It is an associate member oftheCaribbean Community. Bermuda...
Waitukubuli), officially the Commonwealth of Dominica, is an island country in theCaribbean. It is part ofthe Windward Islands chain in the Lesser Antilles archipelago...
The Amazon biome (Portuguese: Bioma Amazônia) contains the Amazon rainforest, an area of tropical rainforest, and other ecoregions that cover most of...
ranges from theCaribbean Sea on the nation's east coast, andthe Pacific Ocean bordering the west. Nicaragua also possesses a series of islands and cays located...
called it the Suebic Sea, Latin: Mare Suebicum after the Germanic people ofthe Suebi, and Ptolemy Sarmatian Ocean after the Sarmatians, but the first to...
in theCaribbean Sea andthe West Indies. At 10,990 square kilometres (4,240 sq mi), it is the third largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—ofthe Greater...
land-dwelling tortoises andfreshwater terrapins. They are found on most continents, some islands and, in the case of sea turtles, much ofthe ocean. Like other...
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